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Clintondale is a hamlet (and census-designated place) in Ulster County, New York, United States. The population was 1,938 at the 2020 census. Clintondale is located at the northern town line of the Town of Plattekill. The community is on US Route 44 and NY 55 at the junction of County Route 22.
Its first post office opened in 1849. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 1,452 to 1,938 (+33%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
From the old history books
What they wrote about Clintondale, 1907–1908
Passages that mention Clintondale, cut from the printed page as they were published.
The history of Ulster County, New York1907 · page 479Read the page →
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In the year 1807, Samuel Adams, Zephaniah Birdsall, James Pine, Merritt Moore and Tristrain Russel were appointed a committee by the Marlborough monthly meeting to establish a meeting at Clintondale in the town of Plattekill, and on August 20, 1811, John Underhill conveyed to Daniel Birdsall and Zephaniah Birdsall, trustees, in consideration of $34.41, one acre and thirty-nine perches of land in Plattekill (now in the village of Clintondale), upon which a meeting house was erected and used until 1889, when the present substantial meeting house was erected.
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The history of Ulster County, New York1907 · page 624Read the page →
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two years in Clintondale and five years in Gardiner. In 1886, owing to failing health, he went West and located in Nebraska, where he remained nine years. Upon his return East in 1895, he again located in Clintondale, where he has since remained. In 1901 he opened a drug store which he conducts in connection with his practice.
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History of the town of Marlborough, Ulster County, New York, from its earliest discovery1908 · page 404Read the page →
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The bell of the church was taken with the church to Clintondale and afterward purchased by the late James H, Crook and presented by him to the Milton Methodist church. It was their first bell.
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Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →
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